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Emma Caulfield
Emma Caulfield
Born	Emma Chukker April 8, 1973 (1973-04-08) (age 36) San Diego, California, U.S.

Emma Caulfield (born April 8, 1973) is an American actress best known for her role as ex-demon Anya on the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, as well as Susan Keats, a love interest of Brandon Walsh's on the television series Beverly Hills, 90210.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 5 Awards and nominations 6 References 7 External links

Early life

Emma M. Chukker was born in San Diego, California, her mother worked as a professional singer.¹ Emma began her acting career at a young age. In high school while she studied drama, she took parts in plays at the local La Jolla Playhouse and the Old Globe Theatre. She additionally traveled to The American School in Switzerland (TASIS) in London, England, to study drama the summer before her senior year. Her talent for acting was recognized by her fellow thespians, who awarded her the distinguished Excellence in Theatre Arts award at her high school.

After graduating from the La Jolla Country Day School, she attended San Francisco State University to study psychology, but left half-way through her freshman year. Her passion for acting continued to drive her, moving her to Los Angeles at 19.

Career

Emma's first notable role was as Brandon Walsh's girlfriend, Susan Keats, on Beverly Hills, 90210 in 1995. She appeared for thirty episodes in the series before departing in 1996. In 1998, Emma starred in her most famous role to date, as Anya Jenkins on the WB's hit show Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Originally, her character was only to appear for several episodes. However, audiences responded well to Anya, resulting in Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon's decision to add her to the cast.

In 2003, Emma landed her first lead role in the horror movie Darkness Falls, which debuted at number one in the U.S. box office. In 2004, she appeared on Monk as Meredith Preminger in the episode "Mr. Monk and the Girl Who Cried Wolf". Caulfield also starred in the satire Bandwagon, playing a fictionalized and unflattering version of herself as a superficial, arrogant actress whose career is imploding. The movie was written and directed by close friend and fellow actress Karri Bowman. It screened at various festivals, although it has not been picked up for distribution. Several members of Buffy the Vampire Slayer cast and crew have cameos in the film.

She passed up the opportunity to audition for the roles of Six and Starbuck on Battlestar Galactica, a decision she later regretted.²

Personal life

Caulfield keeps a regular blog wherein she expresses her political views. In 2007, she endorsed the primary campaign of Republican congressman and obstetrician Ron Paul for the U.S. presidential election of 2008. During the general election, she announced on a MySpace blog on March 22, 2008 that she would vote for Barack Obama, yet in a later blog wavered on that decision.³

Filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
2003	Darkness Falls	Caitlin Greene
2004	Bandwagon	Emma Caulfield
2007	Hollow	Sarah	Short film
2009	Why Am I Doing This?	Amber
	TiMER	Oona
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Burke's Law	Beth	Episode: Who Killed the Beauty Queen?
	Saved by the Bell: The New Class	Nurse Brady	Episode: Bloody Money
	Renegade	Cindy Moran	Episode: Teen Angel
1995	Weird Science	Phoebe Hale	Episode: What Genie?
1995, 1997	Silk Stalkings	Ray Washburn Kate Donner	Episode: Champagne on Ice Episode: Guilt by Association
1995–1996	Beverly Hills, 90210	Susan Keats	30 episodes
1996–1997	General Hospital	Lorraine Miller
1998	Nash Bridges	Reporter	Episode: Live Shot
1998–2003	Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Anyanka 'Anya' Jenkins	85 episodes Golden Satellite Award (nominated) Cinescape Genre Face of the Future Award (won)
2004	I Want to Marry Ryan Banks	Charlie Norton	ABC Family TV-Movie
	Monk	Meredith Preminger	Episode: Mr. Monk and the Girl Who Cried Wolf
2006	In Her Mother's Footsteps	Kate Nolan	LMN TV-Movie
2006, 2007	Robot Chicken	Professor McGonagal/Mother White Witch/Wife	Voice Roles Episode: Swordfish Episode: Robot Chicken's Half-Assed Christmas Special
2007	A Valentine Carol	Ally Simms	Lifetime Television TV-Movie
2009	Private Practice	Leanne	Episode: Wait and See

Awards and nominations

Beverly Hills Film Festival

• 2007: Won, "Best Actress in a Short Film" - Hollow

Satellite Awards

• 2003: Nominated, "Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Drama Series" - Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Saturn Awards

• 2003: Won, "Cinescape Genre Face of the Future Award (Female)" - Darkness Falls & Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Sydney Film Festival

• 2007: Won, "Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role" - Hollow

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Emma Caulfield

• Emma Caulfield at MySpace
• Emma Caulfield at the Internet Movie Database

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Persondata
NAME	Caulfield, Emma
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Chukker, Emma
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Actor
DATE OF BIRTH	April 8, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH	San Diego, California, U.S.
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH